Gas-heated iron.



R. JOYCE.

GAS HEATED IRON.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1914.

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R. JOYCE.

GAS HEATED IRON.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1914.

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Specifica'tionef Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

Application filed May 7, 1914. Seriallto. 836,901.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT JOYCE, a subject of the King of England, and aresident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gas-Heated Irons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sad irons, and pertains more particularly to improvements in gas-heated irons of the type disclosed in my application for patent filed January 21, 1914:, Serial Number 818,556.

The object of my invention is to provide a buffer between the rows of gas-orifices on each of the lateral burner members projecting into the transverse channels in the base of the iron adapted to prevent the flames being whipped backward and forward and deflected from the base plate in the forward and backward movement of the iron in use.

To this end, my invention includes the combination and arrangement of component parts to be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the preferred form of my invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the burner of my iron; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a modified form of my invention, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the burner for same.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 indicates a hollow iron body of conventional shape, having a removable cover 2, screwed thereon, and provided with a longitudinal slot 3 in the top of each of its longitudinal side walls 4, to allow the escape of the products of combustion. A convenient handle 5 is secured upon the lid 2.

The base 6 of my iron is provided with a plurality of transverse grooves or channels 7 in its upper or inner face, each end of which connects with air inlet ports 8 in the side walls of the iron body.

The burner of my invention is carried on the wall plate 9, secured in the opening in the rear wall of the iron body, and comprises the longitudinal gas supply pipe 11 having one or more lateral branches 12 corresponding torand registering with the transverse channels 7 in the base of the iron. Each of said lateral branches is provided with two rows of gas-orifices which discharge on the base of the iron on each side of the channels. In operation, it has been found that during the forward and backward movement of the iron, the flames from said lateral burners play backward and forward, and curl under the burner thus being deflected from direct discharge on the base. For the purpose of overcoming this difficulty, I have provided a depending projection 1 1 on each of the lateral burner branches 12, between the rows of gas-orifices 13.

In the preferred form of my invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2, of the drawings, the lower part of the lateral burner branches, is formed in inverted triangular shape in cross-section, having the orifices located a slight distance beneath the base of the angle. By such structure, the flame jets from the orifices are directed upon the base of the iron and the lower extension or apex A divides the flames and prevents the same being deflected as the iron is moved back and forth.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 3 and 4:, the lateral branches 12 are circular in cross-section, and are provided with depending flanges A extending transversely of the iron body between the rows of burner orifices.

The construction and operation of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, and by reference to the accompanying drawings, and it will be appreciated that the parts and combinations thereof may be varied within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. In adevice of the character described, a hollow body, a plurality of transverse air conducting channels in the base communicating with ports in the walls, a gas-burner carried in the hollow body comprising a gas-supply pipe and lateral branches carried over the air channels, having orifices on each side of the channels adapted todischarge on the base of the iron body, and a depending barrier on the lateral branches between the opposite orfices projecting into the transverse channels in the base of the iron adapted to prevent the flames being deflected from the base plate in the forward and backward movement of the iron in use, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described, a hollow body, a plurality of transverse air conducting channels in the base communicating with ports in the walls, a gas-burner carried in the hollow body comprising a gas supply pipe and lateral branches carried over the air channels, having orifices on each side of the channels adapted to discharge on the base of the iron body, and a depending flange between the opposite orifices projecting into the transverse channels in the base of the iron adapted to prevent the flames being deflected from the base plate in the forward and backward movement of the iron in use, substantially as .described.

3. In a device of the character described, a hollow body, a plurality of transverse air conducting channels in the base communieating with ports in the walls, a gas-burner Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents,

Washington, D. C. 

